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    3. 手放す

    手放す

    手て放ばなす​

    to let go of

    KMT9News #29+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab14 strokes

    手離す手ばなす

    てばなす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to let go of, to release, to drop
    2.
    to part with (e.g. a possession), to relinquish, to spare, to sell
    3.
    to send away (e.g. one's child), to let go, to part with
    4.
    to temporarily stop working

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    彼かれはその本ほんを手て放ばなした。

    He let go of that book / He sold that book.

    KMT7Daily Life
    大たい切せつなコレクションを手て放ばなすのは辛つらい決けつ断だんだった。

    It was a painful decision to part with a cherished collection.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    経けい営えい難なんのため、長なが年ねん愛あい用ようしてきた工こう場じょうを手て放ばなさざるを得えなかった。

    Due to financial difficulties, they had no choice but to let go of the factory they had used for many years.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life
    親おやはいつか子こ供どもを手て放ばなさなければならない。

    Parents must eventually let go of their children.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    仕し事ごとが忙いそがしすぎて、しばらく趣しゅ味みを手て放ばなしている。

    I'm too busy with work, so I've temporarily put my hobbies aside.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    放
    はな.す・-っぱな.し・はな.つ・はな.れる・こ.く・ほう.る…(2)
    set free・release・fire・shoot・emit…(2)
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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